03-22-2005, 11:11 PM
<i>Buraa jo dekhan main chalaa, buraa naa miliya koi
Jo dil khojaa aapnaa mujhse buraa naa koi</i> - Kabir (IIRC)
xlation -
I went looking for the bad guys and I found none
When I started looking at my own heart there was none as bad as I was.
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Can this be considered to be one of the 'values' that has been deeply ingrained into the Indian psyche ?? From the scare-quotes around values members can probably guess where I am coming from. I guess what I am trying to say is -> are we ever going to be perfect ? When is it ok to defend oneself, criticize others and say "i dont give a rats behind what i did yesterday, but you do the same thing and i have you for appetizer" ? Can it ever be India's core value ? Was it ever ? Or were we always this self-critisizing mess who just sat in the corner looking at the mirror and feeling horrible about ourselves ?
Jo dil khojaa aapnaa mujhse buraa naa koi</i> - Kabir (IIRC)
xlation -
I went looking for the bad guys and I found none
When I started looking at my own heart there was none as bad as I was.
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Can this be considered to be one of the 'values' that has been deeply ingrained into the Indian psyche ?? From the scare-quotes around values members can probably guess where I am coming from. I guess what I am trying to say is -> are we ever going to be perfect ? When is it ok to defend oneself, criticize others and say "i dont give a rats behind what i did yesterday, but you do the same thing and i have you for appetizer" ? Can it ever be India's core value ? Was it ever ? Or were we always this self-critisizing mess who just sat in the corner looking at the mirror and feeling horrible about ourselves ?